Dragon
CultureChinese
Date500 B.C.E.
MediumJade
DimensionsOverall: 2 5/8 inches (6.67 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the Earl Morse Fund
Object numberF61-17
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ProvenanceChang collection;
Acquired from the Chang collection by C. T. Loo, Inc., New York, NY, stock no. J-41, by 1952-1961 [1];
Purchased from C. T. Loo Chinese Art by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1961.
NOTES:
[1] C. T. Loo/Frank Caro archive, Musée Guimet, Paris, copy of stock card in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files. Following C. T. Loo's retirement, C. T. Loo, Inc. was dissolved by the summer of 1953 and the New York business continued as C. T. Loo Chinese Art under the direction of Frank Caro.
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